I read a voting-specific article using a restaurant as an illustration. I can't recall the source, but it went something like this:
You're handed a menu, but the restaurant only prepares whatever dish gets ordered the most, and charges whatever they want after. Who cares if you wanted fillet mignon? The majority alternates between hamburgers and pizza. To extend that un-recalled author's illustration, you aren't allowed to leave the restaurant and seek food elsewhere. Also, the food is badly cooked and the price is always higher than anyone anticipated.
So electoral politics begins with the false premise that democracy is just, virtuous, or even efficient. Then it adds the false choice of which liar should rule everyone.
Excellent illustration!
I read a voting-specific article using a restaurant as an illustration. I can't recall the source, but it went something like this:
You're handed a menu, but the restaurant only prepares whatever dish gets ordered the most, and charges whatever they want after. Who cares if you wanted fillet mignon? The majority alternates between hamburgers and pizza. To extend that un-recalled author's illustration, you aren't allowed to leave the restaurant and seek food elsewhere. Also, the food is badly cooked and the price is always higher than anyone anticipated.
So electoral politics begins with the false premise that democracy is just, virtuous, or even efficient. Then it adds the false choice of which liar should rule everyone.